AMT MEDIA LTD
🌳Matureactive
06332637 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-03
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£90.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 6.4y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £90,700
Cash YoY
-28%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£22k
↓ 28% YoY
Net Worth
£91k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£25k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £355.6k | £340.0k |
| Current assets | £24.9k | £32.0k |
| Cash | £22.1k | £30.5k |
| Debtors | £1.1k | £1.5k |
| Net assets | £90.7k | £75.2k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-15➖JENKINS, Melanie resignedsecretary
- 2022-08-15📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-31📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-01-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-01-28🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-01-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-01-18🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Michael Langley Doughty
- 2020-01-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Michael Langley Doughty
- 2019-11-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-11-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-11-06➖PEPPER, Tim resigneddirector
- 2019-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2016-09-20➕PITCHFORD, Andrew Clive appointeddirector
- 2016-09-20➕PEPPER, Tim appointeddirector
- 2007-08-03🏢Company incorporatedAs AMT MEDIA LTD
- 2007-08-03➕DOUGHTY, Michael Langley appointeddirector
- 2007-08-03➕JENKINS, Melanie appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Michael Langley Doughty Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Andrew Clive Pitchford Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Tim Pepperceased 06/11/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A & H SWEETS & SOFT DRINKS LTD→ 04954721 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
| A P SOURCING LIMITED→ 07891269 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| ABERYSTWYTH SOFT DRINKS LTD→ 10459362 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| AFFILIATED APPAREL LTD→ 13007856 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| AG SPIRITS LTD→ 15786066 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AGRI-DROID UK LTD→ 13675258 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| AJAC OFFICE SOLUTIONS LTD→ 07739720 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| ALFA FOILS LIMITED→ 05024847 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
| ALISTAIR DUNCAN MACHINERY LIMITED→ 10002221 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| ALTERNATIVE MEATS LIMITED→ 04170668 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 25y | — | — |
| AMDEGA BRANDS LIMITED→ 03482892 · est 1997 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | — | — |
| ANDY MELLOR LIMITED→ 10417551 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-08-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46690 — Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Registered office
Summer Court
Manafon
Welshpool
SY21 8BJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-10
Last: 2025-09-26
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
DOUGHTY, Michael Langley→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2007-08-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PITCHFORD, Andrew Clive→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2016-09-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JENKINS, Melanie→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-08-03 · resigned 2022-08-15
PEPPER, Tim→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2016-09-20 · resigned 2019-11-06
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Michael Langley Doughty / Andrew Clive Pitchford | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/01/2020 | — | |
| satisfied | Michael Langley Doughty / Andrew Clive Pitchford | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/01/2020 | 28/01/2020 |
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Recent filings (51 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-26